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Skyers recognized as Top Merchant

Skyers’ team worked this year with Colgate and recycling company TerraCycle Inc. on a contest promoted in ShopRite stores giving schools a chance to win a playground made of recycled oral care materials. More than 100 schools participated, earning credits by sending in used oral care products. The winning school, BelovED Community Charter School in Jersey City, N.J., received its new playground in ­November.

Packaging waste: Creating value by doing good

We’ve been trying to get around this economic impasse for years at TerraCycle. When your business model is dependent on new and innovative recycling systems for previously non-recyclable waste streams, you start to notice what gets people excited to start collecting. If you make it easy to do and show that they can benefit their community in the process, many consumers will opt to recycle.

Colgate, ShopRite Kick Off Consumer Recycling Contest for New School Playground

Last week, TerraCycle® announced its Recycled Playground Challenge -- a new initiative in partnership with Colgate, the global oral care leader, and ShopRite, which has more than 250 stores in the Northeast, including our local store, Bill’s ShopRite of Daleville, located at 921 Drinker Turnpike, Covington Twp. -- to help encourage healthy smiles and environments among school children and consumers.